High-risk obstetrics. The three-year experience of four subspecialists

The development of maternal-fetal medicine as a subspecialty in obstetrics and gynecology is fairly new. The specialists involved in this area are usually hospital based and involved in multiple activities, including teaching, administration and research. The role of this subspecialist as a provider of primary care to a high-risk obstetric population is important but has not been reported on previously. In this context high-risk obstetrics refers to intercurrent obstetric problems, previous obstetric problems, previous medical problems, infertility and the supposedly high-risk group of physicians and physicians' wives.